Professional
2016 Highlights• Won the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.), with Gage Williams
• Won the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo, with Gage Williams
Career Highlights

• 2015: - (partner Rich Skelton) Split the win in Round 6 and placed in four other rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo (Mitchell, S.D.), the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas), the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene) and the Pueblo Colorado Champions Challenge
• 2014: (Partner Rich Skelton) Won Round 9 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in a time of 3.9 seconds and placed in one other round. Won the Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah); the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa); the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho). Co-champion at the Nebraska's Big Rodeo (Burwell). Finished 14th in the world standings with $99,030• 2013: (Partner Rich Skelton) Won Round 4 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a time of 4.2 seconds and place in four other rounds; finished sixth in the world standings with $147,839. Won the National Western Stock Show Rodeo (Denver, Colo.); the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days; the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo; the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions; the Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, Okla.) and the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.). Co-champion at the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) and the Parker County Frontier Days & PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas)

• 2012: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Won the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and the Ken Lance Memorial (Ada, Okla.). Finished 16th in the world standings with $60,551
• 2011: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.); the Chisholm Trail Stampede PRCA Rodeo (Duncan, Okla.) and the Heart of the North Rodeo (Spooner, Wis.). Finished 22nd in the world standings with $47,402
• 2010: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished 13th in the world standings with $91,389. Won the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.); the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo; the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo and the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.)
• 2009: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Shared first place in Round 4 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in six other rounds en route to winning the average title with a time of 59.2 seconds (just one-tenth of a second off the NFR record) and the world championship with total earnings of $186,689. Won the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) and the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.); co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.)
• 2008: (Partner Rhen Richard) Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and the Livingston (Mont.) Round-up; co-champion at the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede. Won the Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), with Matt Kasner, and finished second in the Heartland ProRodeo Championships (Waco, Texas), with Mickey Gomez. Finished 22nd in the world standings with earnings of $44,364
• 2007: (Partner Shannon Frascht) Won the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Topeka, Kan.); the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.) and the Enid (Okla.) Stampede; co-champion at the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo. Finished 45th in the world standings with $22,377
• 2006: (Partner Shannon Frascht) Placed in five of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, sharing the win in Round 5 with a 4.0-second run and winning the seventh round in 4.1 seconds. Won the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); the Old FortDays Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) and the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo. Finished 10th in the world standings with $94,428
• 2005: (Partner Shannon Frascht) Won the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.); the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) and the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo. Finished 33rd in the world standings with $22,258

• 2004: Finished the year ranked 23rd in the world standings with $29,062
• 2002: Won the Prairie Circuit year-end team roping title, with Shannon Frascht
• 2000: Won the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo), with D.J. O'Connor

Awards

PRCA Resistol Team Roping (Heading) Rookie of the Year, 2000

Personal

6-0, 210 … Single … Father, Terry Sartain, and mother, Debby Russell … Enjoys fishing, deer hunting, golf and listening to music, especially Cross Canadian Ragweed (he grew up near lead singer Cody Canada), George Strait and Kid Rock … Primary competition horse is Champ, whom he bought in the fall of 2008 from Texan Katie Jameson … Family shows halter horses in the American Quarter Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association; grandmother, Mary Hummel, was one of the first women judges chosen to work horse shows … Taught himself how to rope by watching training tapes by Allen Bach and Clay O’Brien Cooper; still considers Cooper his rodeo role model … Graduate of Mustang (Okla.) High School in 1997 and attended Northwest Oklahoma State University for two years … Favorite movie is Big Jake, but is a big fan of all of John Wayne’s films … Favorite book is the Bible